Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 19:31:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: benh@jpj.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SoundBlaster problems (DMA?) Message-ID: <199807090031.TAA00881@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980708193121.21289A-100000@blues.jpj.net>
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On 8 Jul, Ben Hockenhull wrote: > Sad to say, I was recently bitten by the mp3 bug and figured I'd (finally) > install a sound card in my home box so I could play some music while I > work. Home box is a p166, 96 meg of ram, FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE. > > I aquired a SoundBlaster 16 Pro PnP, made a new kernel with sb0 support, > installed the card and rebooted. All appeared to be well. The kernel > found the card: > > sb0 at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 on isa > sb0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> > > CD playthrough works just fine, no problems there. However, when I go to > play an mp3, it fails miserably. The sound (if you can call it that) is > choppy, at best. The kernel logs a number of these errors to > /var/log/messages: > > Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? > Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? > Sound: DMA timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error? > > The mp3's in question are known good files, so that isn't the problem. I > thought I might have to compile in pnp support (necessitating an upgrade > to 2.2.6) on my box to make the card work, but that seems not to be the > case. Perhaps I got lucky. > > At any rate, I'm trying to figure out what is wrong. I'm guessing it is a > card config problem. Any ideas? > > Ben > > -- > Ben Hockenhull > benh@jpj.net > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message You might want to get the latest sound drivers from the web page and install them and re-build your kernel according to the instructions included with the drivers. Frank -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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